Fearful Symmetries

Last night I had the pleasure of taking dinner with my father-in-law. We dined at Vintage out on the west side once again. I indulged mysel...

With a polar vortex upon us, let the winter brews flow!  'Tis the season for Tippy Toboggan and Vintage has it on tap now. In addition...

It was a great gift for me that my father-in-law and his wife have maintained our relationship in the face of my divorce. The former invited...

I finally tasted Caravans & Shifting Sands from Vintage Brewing . Made with, amongst other ingredients, West African fonio grain, long p...

Later this month Karben4 will introduce a new beer - Wisconsin Kernza® Pub Ale. Kernza is a perennial wheatgrass that is more environmental...

{Watch the lovely prelude .} (late January 2024) The new year did not start well. My Frau did not make Hoppin’ John. It was a mix of her ong...

Lake Louie (nee Wisconsin Brewing Company) has a couple new brews: It isn't clear to me if these are autumn seasonals or winter or who....

I shoveled 6-8 times during and after the last snowstorm. Roughly every 3 hours during the day I bundled up, grabbed my shovel, and proceede...

It seems that caraway is having a moment with brewers in southern Wisconsin. First it was MobCraft 's Fish Fry Rye , a rye lager with th...

    It's been a while since I started eating these Heritage Flakes from Nature's Path but I do believe that it was the rather uncom...

(early-January 2023)                                                                                   (Watch the prelude .) My first nature...

You know winter is here when Tippy Toboggan is on tap. I had dinner at Vintage the other day and had my first Tippy of the season. A Rogge...